HIGHLIGHTS
- Vital demonstrates ability to produce high grade rare earth concentrate (>35% REO) from simple mechanical sorting and gravity concentration techniques
- Ore Sorting via X-Ray Transmission (XRT) via single pass sorting:
- 36% REO concentrate produced from feed containing 10.5% REO with an REO recovery of 70% from coarse grade feed (8-20mm)
- Concentrate grades up to 41% REO achieved
- REO recoveries up to 87% achieved
- Gravity concentration on fines also produced high grade concentrate:
- 40% REO concentrate achieved via conventional shaking tables at 80% recovery
- Optimisation work underway including incorporating multiple pass sorting (cleaning and scavenging) to further increase REO recovery and grade
- Cracking and leaching test work on this high grade rare earth concentrate underway with results due imminently
- JORC resource conversion nearing completion with results expected prior to year-end
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